"They both have their hands full", Laviolette said. Not one series went to a seventh game, and they even swept the Blackhawks.
Now, with a series lead up for grabs, the question is which Rinne shows up.
There has yet to be a competitive game from start to finish, with both clubs dominating on their home ice.
Only 13 teams have ever come back to win Games 3 and 4 of the final after dropping the first two. We know it's an exciting challenge. "We know how good he can be. I know for my family it's been really exciting". "But all-in-all, I thought I played pretty good". Even though the game was over, Kessel responded, whipping a shot past Saros for his eighth goal of the playoffs that Crosby also assisted on.
The Penguins need their top players to be their best players against the Nashville Predators, and that means Kessel and Malkin joining Sidney Crosby at the head of the offensive attack. A couple lapses, one in each game, making all the difference for a star-studded Penguins team that's as opportunistic as anyone in the league. He was shaky in the Penguins' 5-3 win in Game 1, pulled in the Penguins' 4-1 in Game 2, solid in the Predators' 5-1 win in Game 3 and brilliant, particularly in a game-saving, second-period performance in the Predators' 4-1 win in Game 4. Then in game two, the Penguins broke open a 1-1 game with another three goal flurry over the first 3:28 of the third period. We're playing great. We're scoring goals.
Mattias Ekholm said everything is created to make opponents work hard and fellow defenseman Ryan Ellis noted that the hard work is required of the Predators, too. Pittsburgh and Nashville are tied 2-2 heading into Game 5 on Thursday night. "If we continue to get those chances, they'll go in for us".
The goal was Crosby's first in a Final since June 4, 2009, a span of 12 games for the Pittsburgh captain. Calle Jarnkrok, Viktor Arvidsson and Filip Forsberg also scored for Nashville, which improved to 9-1 at home.
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Last season, Murray started the playoffs with Fleury injured and started every game until Game 5 of the Eastern Final. A goose egg in the win column that will obviously have to change if the Preds are to capture their first ever Stanley Cup.
The home team has won all five games in the series, and Game 5 was never in doubt for the hosts. Bonino didn't practice Wednesday and was not on the ice for the optional morning skate. "Those two first games, that was the one thing we were a little bit disappointed about". "When they had their chances, when our system broke down, Peks was there for us".
Minutes later, just as the Nashville crowd was getting revved up - giving the team its first standing ovation of the contest - the Penguins struck back. Tops on that list are the 1982-83 New York Islanders, who won the Stanley Cup final in a sweep despite being outshot by an average of 6.3 shots per game.
The debate about who would start the game was simply a manufactured narrative to fill the two-day gap between games in this Stanley Cup Final.
After the anthem, two catfish and one stuffed penguin hit the ice despite Nashville coach Peter Laviolette's video plea earlier Monday asking fans not to throw anything. The team that hasn't had home-ice advantage in any round of the playoffs sure has established it once the puck has dropped in its home arena.
And there's no better time to do it than game five.
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